What's it like to switch from Canon to Leica?

If you can replace Canon with Leica, you can be sure of two things: one is to eat without taking pictures, and the other is to find your own shooting mode or theme.

The charm of Leica is not expensive. Leica's lenses can be applied to a relatively limited number of topics. Besides, Leica is not easy to use. In other words, people who can use Leica well are at least experienced enthusiasts, if not photographers. For many people, Leica is just vanity, even regret after buying it.

Leica's most suitable subject for shooting is human photography. Humanities are hard to shoot. The difficulty lies in whether your cultural literacy can control the theme, whether your thinking breadth and width are enough, whether you have a critical eye on society and whether you can find different things.

At the same time, you should have considerable technical ability.

Leica is mainly a fixed-focus lens. Using the focusing head well requires at least two skills. One is the grasp of distance. Some people say that concentration depends on walking, which is true, but this is for beginners who are focused. The correct use of fixed focus is that you know where you are going before you go, not by blindness. Lens sense, this is the lens sense. Playing zoom is a lens feeling that can't be finished for a lifetime. So you see, people who play Leica rarely argue with zoom, because I can understand what you say, and you may not understand what I say at all.

Another skill is the understanding of aperture. Many times, we need to control the depth of field, which is the core element of the expressive force of the picture. The relationship between depth of field and image quality is closely related. Such as the maximum aperture available. I need the atmosphere of 1.4 aperture, and I need the image quality of 1.4 aperture. At this point, Leica is an option. You know where to go, you know how big the aperture is to control the depth of field, and you know how to use this depth of field control to grasp the theme of shooting. People think you just walked over and pressed the shutter. In fact, you are not in the same dimension as most people who play with cameras, and your way of thinking is completely different.

This is Leica. It has something to do with price, but it has little to do with it. The real difference lies in the understanding of the world. Using Leica is very simple. You can buy it if you have money. It is difficult to use Leica well, and the difficulty lies in your personal quality. This problem is insoluble for most people. Just like painting, children can draw, but few people can draw well. So is photography.

Weineng and Leica are two young people. One is to work to earn money and raise a wife who can spend money, adding a hole of dissatisfaction.

Hello, I'm Gavin, a real estate photographer.

I can share my experience in using Canon and Leica.

I use both Canon and Leica. Canon 5D series is used for work at ordinary times, and Canon 1dx is used for shooting scenery when going out. I usually put the Leica M240 in my bag when I go out.

First of all, the positioning of Leica and Canon is very clear.

Leica: Have fun.

Canon: Work.

Looking forward to the release of a movie by Leica M (I mean the Leica M manual series) is simply a torment. Manual focusing is too inaccurate, and low light is very eye-consuming.

Secondly, it feels different when you take it out. Although Leica M's manual focusing is uncomfortable, taking pictures with it will make you feel delicious. It's good for Leica M to take some still life. Focus slowly and compose slowly. Therefore, the camera shutter number using Leica M will not be too high, and it will not be continuous shooting. It is also a good feeling to taste slowly.

Finally, people who like Leica don't mind the shortcomings of Leica, and many people have nothing to touch. Figure 1 shows the Leica M240 at hand. Look at the age marks on the fuselage.

Leica is suitable for slow taste, suitable for play, and Canon is suitable for work.

This is the essential difference between the two.

Reflections on Leica 5D4 "Killing Doors"

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What is Leica's experience? Is it consistent with its "high price"? Can you replace SLR in photography or can you travel and shoot? Before starting Leica, it always glanced at these problems, which can be seen. It's easy for you to magnify one of Leica's advantages (for example, the lens quality is extremely high), and it's also easy to choke on food because of other people's "painful experiences" (macular focusing is difficult to operate).

In my door changing experience, the choice of taste and quality, volume and function is the most headache for me.

2, Dewei = knife sharp milk?

First, talk about taste and quality. Leica's "German taste" is always talked about by people, but in fact, many people are mistaken about taste and quality, which are mutually exclusive variables.

Wade = sharp knife milk?

My personal opinion is that this is a wrong formula.

In modern lens design, with the large-scale application of unnatural materials and the rapid improvement of lens manufacturing technology, high-quality lenses are no longer an insurmountable peak. Let's give a few examples that are easy for everyone to understand: once Zeiss, Nikon, Nidek, Rotunda and other glasses brands stood at the peak of absolute niche, but now Zeiss has hundreds of cheap lenses, and domestic manufacturers can also make super cost-effective glasses, which have gained many fans; In the past, the lens of the vice factory was basically synonymous with the dog's head, but now Yima and Longteng have won lens awards one after another, and they are more and more widely selected by filmmakers.

In the pedigree of large aperture lens, sharpening the knife is already an easy proposition to realize. On the contrary, the so-called "taste", its rarity is being magnified more and more, because taste is contrary to quality.

When it comes to the taste of Leica, many people may think of the rotating focus and rich colors of Night God, but I believe few people will say that the taste of Leica is sharp and creamy. Even many friends are not interested in sharpness, and even regret Leica's great progress in asph.

The rotating focus of the night god

Fu Guang ratio in the sunset

German blue

Straight out of the red scene

Let's just call Leica's lenses before the asph era classical lenses, and the common feature of these lenses is distinctive personality. Even in a recent chat with friends, he threw out the idea that playing Leica is an antique.

Although I have some reservations about this, it definitely represents the relevant knowledge of Leica users. Reflected in the market, the value of M classic lens is comparable to that of wealth management products; Aside from special factors such as limited quantity, the second-hand price of asph lens is always difficult to break through.

In fact, regardless of metaphysics, the focus of rotation is caused by the physical characteristics of spherical mirrors, and the rich colors are caused by the use of low refractive index lenses. The two overlap: dispersion and purple edge are almost common problems of all old lenses.

Are you really ready to accept such a German taste?

In fact, coating and lens design can stabilize the above problems to some extent. In this respect, I think Zeiss has done a better job. Moreover, if you just pursue a sharp knife and blindly test it, Zeiss may be more able to hit people's hearts.

Zeiss 135 f2 apo's charming scenery.

3.m is extremely simple.

Before I started Leica, its simple design and compact size still made me yearn for it. In most cases, except for the atypical M-mirror, Night God, Leica's volume advantage is obviously stronger than that of 135 SLR and non-reflex system. The filter specifications below 46mm are doomed that even the bronze mirror can still go into battle lightly.

M 10-p with 50mm f1.4aph.

But! But! But! The weight is saved and the functional loss is beyond imagination. The things that pull down the weight on these scales are: focusing motor, lens anti-shake component, dustproof and waterproof apron, etc.

What are their functions? I won't go into details. Think carefully before changing doors. Are you ready to accept these shortcomings in exchange for the light weight of 1 kg?

Leica is not the end of photography, but the pursuit of light and shadow is eternal.

I belittled Leica before, but now I "ruined" the Canon SLR and bid farewell to the 5D4 that accompanied me for many years. To put it bluntly, let me answer a few questions at the beginning of the article.

Compared with SLR and full-frame cameras, Leica (Model M) has incomparable comparative advantages in size and taste. As long as you love it enough, you have enough motivation to break through the shackles of price; It is not feasible for Leica to replace SLR, and some focal length and functional disadvantages (such as fear of water, limited macro, wide frame and difficult use) will be amplified in some scenes.

Before, I wrote an article to discuss why I chose Leica.

Therefore, choosing Leica is really more about the brand's affection, the innovation of sideline experience, the taste of old mirrors and the practice of photographic subtraction; But I am sure that in the near future, I will still welcome the arrival of the non-counter-revolutionary era, and I will not refuse the growing popularity of Chinese painting. Leica's simple road is a compulsory course in photography, but it is not the end. Chasing light and shadow is the source of my love for photography.

It is difficult to use Leica. May 20 19, Najing Valley, Yunnan, Leica m240+50/ 1.4.

Because of fame and nobility, there are several levels and a premise to be clear about when using Lycra.

The first is a premise. Generally speaking, people who take photos with Lycra (not pretending) are not novices, but are basically experienced or old birds; The circle is smaller than the SLR.

Ok, let's talk about it from the following levels:

One is the plot. Lycra has a long history and has been a famous machine since the film era. Influenced by parents or older photographers, Lycra has been implanted in the bones, and other machines can ignore its existence.

The second is the pursuit. Dewei, in the photographer's mind, is the embodiment of God. Even if PS is omnipotent now, the original flavor can't deceive itself.

The third is the gift received. This kind of person can't say.

The fourth is the most relevant to the problem, that is, qualitative change. Such photographers have experienced the film age, and digital machines are everywhere in the field of photography, or they have participated in numerous competitions and won many awards. Finally, he felt that many of them were a bit boring and took so many photos that his original enthusiasm for photography degenerated into the impulse to take out his camera. Too lazy to shoot. So I threw away all my digital cameras, bought a Lycra, and matched it with a 50F0.95 lens, which was enough. I feel that I need to take some small scenery when I go out, which is not very gregarious. Even if it's all scenery, I will find some places where there are few people to shoot and have fun. Occasionally sweeping the street, but not persistent; Shoot the flowers on the balcony at home, the fish in the fish tank, the snow not far from home in special weather, and enjoy the scenery in the rain; When you meet a photographer who is familiar or cognitive, you will not take the initiative to say hello. After being recognized as "an old man" or "a teacher", you will only smile and say a few words. Sage-like style exits the three realms, not in the five elements.

And so on.

Ha ha.

I am a multi-repair user, users of Canon 1ds3, 5d3, eos3, Sony a7r, Fuji xt2, Panasonic g9 and Leica me. Every machine except Panasonic has been used for a long time. Let me tell you how I feel,

1. I bought Leica on impulse at that time, and now I feel my flesh hurts. Until now, I only have a 35mm f2 lens, which is too expensive.

2. In terms of parameters, Leica can't be said to be the best camera or lens, especially the fuselage. Look at dxo.

3. Many people have made a lot of ab comparisons in order to refute the color of Leica. To be honest, I can't tell the difference after reading it. I used me, m9, mp, m 10, mm, sl, Q, although each color is different. But my intuitive feeling is that as long as my me is below iso640, the color of Leica will always be a surprise. When I ps, it is basically difficult for other cameras to bring out the feeling of Leica. When adjusting Leica, it is basically fine-tuning, and the color is not as good as the original.

Leica is for yourself. Don't buy it if you don't like it. Don't buy Leica for its reputation. Only when you play photography for a while, get familiar with the theoretical knowledge, and then go to the physical store to feel the pure Leica lineage, you will forget about it. Final decision.

He still uses me, first, because he is a ccd, and second, because he is old now, he is distressed by money. Leica is too fucking expensive. Although I think it is irreplaceable, the proportion is very small. Now I use Fuji belt 23mm at most, mainly for convenience.

6. When it comes to picture quality, don't worry. Now the technology has improved, and the quality of m43 is good, not to mention apsc and Quan Huafu. It is more practical to spend more money on a large aperture lens. As long as you don't make a living by photography, the difference in image quality doesn't matter. What dark noise, dynamic range doesn't matter.

The first three Leica and the last two Canon are slightly ps. As for the color, see for yourselves.

In fact, the price is different, so case B is different. I want to compare it with boarding a Lv bag. The so-called taste is true, the color is good, and the atmosphere is good, but that is on the premise that it is not too late.

Let's take a look at Hasselblad and digital back.

There is a Leica x typ 1 13 as a daily backup machine, which can also be called Songlai? Compared with d750, it has the advantages of slow focusing, high sharpness, good straight color and being suitable for street shooting.

I feel that you have more RMB in your wallet.